Species Dinematichthys iluocoeteoides Bleeker, 1855

Museums

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External Links

• Dinematichthys iluocoeteoides Bleeker, P. 1855. Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van de Batoe-eilanden. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 8: 305-328 [319].

  Type data:

   Neotype BMNH 1862.2.28.65 dry (Batu Island, Indonesia), Batu Islands, Indonesia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Møller, P. R. & Schwarzhans, W. 2008. Review of the Dinematichthyini (Teleostei: Bythitidae) of the Indo-Pacific. Part IV. Dinematichthys and two new genera with descriptions of nine new species. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 24: 87-146 [129].

 

Introduction

This name has been used in Australia (Whitley 1964). but because of the large number of similar species in the region, the identity of these early records is uncertain. The precise identity of the species was established only recently by Møller & Schwarzhans (2008).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rowley Shoals, (17°15'S) and Kimberley Region, WA, Ashmore Reef (11°58'S), Timor Sea and Raine Island to One Tree Is. (23°30'S), QLD, and Holmes Reef and Diamond Islets, Coral Sea islands, QLD, tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef.

Extra Ecological Information

2-30 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [136]

Cohen, D.M. & Nielsen, J.G. 1978. Guide to the identification of genera of the fish order Ophidiiformes with a tentative classification of the order. National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.). Technical Report 417: 1-72 figs 1-103 [58]

Fricke, R., Kulbicki, M. & Wantiez, L. 2011. Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) Neue Serie 4: 341-463 [367]

Møller, P.R., Schwarzhans, W. & Nielsen, J.G. 2004. Review of the American Dinematichthyini (Teleostei: Bythitidae). Part I. Dinematichthys, Gunterichthys, Typhliasina and two new genera. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 8(4): 141-192 [149]

Møller, P. R. & Schwarzhans, W. 2008. Review of the Dinematichthyini (Teleostei: Bythitidae) of the Indo-Pacific. Part IV. Dinematichthys and two new genera with descriptions of nine new species. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 24: 87-146 [129]

Nielsen, J.G., Cohen, D.M., Markle, D.F. & Robins, C.R. 1999. Ophidiiform Fishes of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 18. 178 pp. [130]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [54] (1974)

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [136] (Indo-Pacific Viviparous Brotula)

Fishbase 2012. Fishbase. http://www.fishbase.org. (Yellow Pigmy Brotula)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	OPHIDIIFORMES	05-Aug-2011	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)